Ok need help figuring out what wrong and what to do ... warning photos

[KelsT]

Now I am reading and guessing here! I am not a vet nor do I have any training. I think maybe someone can tell you if this makes sense or you can read and compare some of the things I have found.

Is it possible that this is *vent gleet*?

http://www.tillysnest.com/2012/12/vent-gleet-prevention-and-treatment.html

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/887529/fixing-vent-gleet-with-baby-chicks
I think this sounds more like the symptoms you have described but you should look for yourself.

Good luck

I thought it was this at one point.... but was told its almost unheard of for baby chicks to get this its normally laying chicks or mating roosters. also its not contagious from what i have read and the one that died had no symptoms for a while then last week started getting the pasted diarrhea not blocked it was too runny to stick around his butt. then he died and I don't think vent gleet is fatal. I did use ACV for a week in the water and probiotics bathed in epsom salt didn't seem to do anything and dabbed iodine on the vent of the leakiest one.

all that said its the only symptom that has an actual leaky butt from what i am finding.

 

[tjo804]

See that is what I thought of too but Almost unheard of is not never heard of. Its the leaky bum the loss of feathers and the red irritation that makes me think it could be something yeastie or fungal.

 

[KelsT]

Could a prolapsed vent cause seeping and diarrhea? the vent does protrude

 

[tjo804]

I am not sure
However this has some very good pics of an adult prolapse maybe you could compare. hard to find clear close up pics of that.http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic.html

 

[tjo804]

I would treat with the corid if it will not harm them but also try using some Athletes foot cream if you have it on the vent cant hurt either.

 

[tjo804]

http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2013/09/vent-gleet-symptoms-causes-and-natural.html

This is a great article uses word description instead of pics. the link is from an online friend

 

[KelsT]

So corrid seem to ether be helping with their general symptoms or doing nothing either way doesnt seem to be hurting them.

I am wondering if this is a swollen vent a a prolapsed vent. or something else? I have cleaned her toosh countless time and done 2 epsom salt baths . nothing seems to help. there is always some clear fluid seeping slowly it seems. she seems fine aside from that maybe she is small for her age not sure as i only have one gold laced polish so cant compare.

I dont want to have to clean her for the rest of her life... that and i am sure its not good for her to have a vent swollen all the time like this... she should be 4 weeks old now and she been like this since i got her at 2 weeks old. her vent has never pasted over it just seem to run down the tummy. she is constantly cleaning that area so has no feathers.

 

[KelsT]

AAAH!!!!!
~WHY WHY WHY~
So maybe I did something wrong, maybe nothing is wrong.
I had just about wrapped up a Corid treatment. Everyone seemed to be getting better. The runt started growing and feathering, stopped having the runs/oozy vent! The little guys vent is all better feathers growing and all. I was seriously about to mix them back into the other babies. Today on my way to work I was getting their food and water and noticed a very runny/watery pink dropping...(Assuming it's a watery bloody dropping not 100% sure)
Is this normal? could it be something else?
Maybe I didn't do fresh corid often enough I would mix it in a gallon jug then use it over probably 5 days...did it need to me mixed fresh?
When I am off work tonight i plan on sitting and watching them for some time i want to see who is pooping what. I know I have seen good healthy poops from all of them so maybe this poop really isn't an issue it was very hot yesterday they are 4 weeks old and their pen was probably high 80s to 90 degrees at the hottest point.

 

[casportpony]

So corrid seem to ether be helping with their general symptoms or doing nothing either way doesnt seem to be hurting them.

I am wondering if this is a swollen vent a a prolapsed vent. or something else? I have cleaned her toosh countless time and done 2 epsom salt baths . nothing seems to help. there is always some clear fluid seeping slowly it seems. she seems fine aside from that maybe she is small for her age not sure as i only have one gold laced polish so cant compare.

I dont want to have to clean her for the rest of her life... that and i am sure its not good for her to have a vent swollen all the time like this... she should be 4 weeks old now and she been like this since i got her at 2 weeks old. her vent has never pasted over it just seem to run down the tummy. she is constantly cleaning that area so has no feathers.

See the coloration of the belly? To me that looks like a really bad bacterial infection.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

AAAH!!!!!
~WHY WHY WHY~
So maybe I did something wrong, maybe nothing is wrong.
I had just about wrapped up a Corid treatment. Everyone seemed to be getting better. The runt started growing and feathering, stopped having the runs/oozy vent! The little guys vent is all better feathers growing and all. I was seriously about to mix them back into the other babies. Today on my way to work I was getting their food and water and noticed a very runny/watery pink dropping...(Assuming it's a watery bloody dropping not 100% sure)
Is this normal? could it be something else?
Maybe I didn't do fresh corid often enough I would mix it in a gallon jug then use it over probably 5 days...did it need to me mixed fresh?
When I am off work tonight i plan on sitting and watching them for some time i want to see who is pooping what. I know I have seen good healthy poops from all of them so maybe this poop really isn't an issue it was very hot yesterday they are 4 weeks old and their pen was probably high 80s to 90 degrees at the hottest point.

I suspect your chick has a bacterial infection, not a yeast infection. What antibiotics do you have?

-Kathy